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The Rands leadership Slack is great for this purpose: http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-lead

The Rands leadership Slack is great for this purpose: http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/

dewey 7y ago
To me it’s really sad that apparently great resources are being created entirely in some silo (Slack) that’s not preserved or accessible by everyone. The section about “if you have a new topic just create a channel” sounds like the perfect user case for a normal forum software...
- usmannk 7y ago
  fwiw, rands (Michael Lopp) is the VP of Engineering at Slack
  - goshx 7y ago
    And the author of the first book I bought on the topic: "Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager"
    - camhenlin 7y ago
      Great, insightful book and a fun read. Highly recommend The blog is great too! http://randsinrepose.com http://randsinrepose.com
- seattle_spring 7y ago
  Who is it not accessible to? Just because you choose not to create a Slack account doesn't mean it's not accessible to you.
  - Xeago 7y ago
    Slack does quite poorly on accessibility, so anyone using assistive measures from their operating system or separate application (voice instructed navigation, screen readers etc) will have a much harder than the average blog post or mailing list.
    - seattle_spring 7y ago
      Based on the context, it's pretty clear to me that the parent comment was not referring to accessibility in the a11y sense, but more of the "Slack is a private company and therefore inherently closed and evil" slant.
      - village-idiot 7y ago
        I personally find Slack to be utterly abysmal at actually keeping information, stuff that scrolls up beyond the fold is effectively lost. Maybe that's what GP meant?
  - IloveHN84 7y ago
    If you use the other plan, old resources are not accessible anymore. Is it fine enough?
  - dewey 7y ago
    Old content in Slack is not available through search if you are not on a paid plan but I was more referring to the public open web and people trying to find answers through search engines.

The Rands leadership Slack is great for this purpose: http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/ http://randsinrepose.com/welcome-to-rands-leadership-slack/

dewey 7y ago

To me it’s really sad that apparently great resources are being created entirely in some silo (Slack) that’s not preserved or accessible by everyone. The section about “if you have a new topic just create a channel” sounds like the perfect user case for a normal forum software...

usmannk 7y ago
fwiw, rands (Michael Lopp) is the VP of Engineering at Slack
- goshx 7y ago
  And the author of the first book I bought on the topic: "Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager"
  - camhenlin 7y ago
    Great, insightful book and a fun read. Highly recommend The blog is great too! http://randsinrepose.com http://randsinrepose.com
seattle_spring 7y ago
Who is it not accessible to? Just because you choose not to create a Slack account doesn't mean it's not accessible to you.
- Xeago 7y ago
  Slack does quite poorly on accessibility, so anyone using assistive measures from their operating system or separate application (voice instructed navigation, screen readers etc) will have a much harder than the average blog post or mailing list.
  - seattle_spring 7y ago
    Based on the context, it's pretty clear to me that the parent comment was not referring to accessibility in the a11y sense, but more of the "Slack is a private company and therefore inherently closed and evil" slant.
    - village-idiot 7y ago
      I personally find Slack to be utterly abysmal at actually keeping information, stuff that scrolls up beyond the fold is effectively lost. Maybe that's what GP meant?
- IloveHN84 7y ago
  If you use the other plan, old resources are not accessible anymore. Is it fine enough?
- dewey 7y ago
  Old content in Slack is not available through search if you are not on a paid plan but I was more referring to the public open web and people trying to find answers through search engines.